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Charter for the Redwood Library Company.

by: Wanton, Gideon, 1693-1767.

Publication date: 1747

Topics: Redwood Library and Athenaeum. -- Charters, grants, privileges., Redwood Library Company. -- Charters, grants, privileges., Redwood, Abraham, 1709 or 1710-1788., Libraries -- Rhode Island -- Newport., Charters -- Rhode Island -- Newport., Charters., Seals (artifacts)., Ward, Thomas, 1711-1760 – signer., Wanton, Gideon, 1693-1767 – signer., Rhode Island. Governor (1747-1748 : Wanton).

Collection: redwoodlibrary; JCBRedwood; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: Redwood Library and Athenaeum

Language: English

Item Size: 22.3M

Redwood Library Company charter granted to Abraham Redwood signed by Governor Gideon Wanton with notarial act with signature of witness, Thomas Ward, Secretary of State.;vellum, seal, ill. ; 60 x 75 cm.;Bearing a paper and wax seal of the Colony of Rhode Island (9 cm. diameter).;Ruled for 1 column and text block of 36 lines; justified 33 x 66 cm. Initials and penwork in text.;Cite as: Charter of the Redwood Library Company, 1747. RLC.Ms.0001. Redwood Library and Athenaeum.